The San Antonio-raised DJs and producers behind Sonrizas, Daniela Torres and Miranda Mendez, have spent the last several years carving out a lane that feels both joyful and necessary.
The San Antonio-raised DJs and producers behind Sonrizas, Daniela Torres and Miranda Mendez, have spent the last several years carving out a lane that feels both joyful and necessary. Grounded by a friendship that dates back to high school and shaped by the same hunger for good music, Sonrizas has become more than a name. It’s become a distinct sound that has grown into a relentless force in the Latin house scene.
The two met in high school in San Antonio, a city with deep Mexican roots and a cultural rhythm that naturally found its way into who they became. Daniela, who is Mexican and Panamanian, and Miranda, who is Mexican-American, stayed close even after going to different colleges. By the time they were 18, they had both fallen into rave culture and started paying closer attention to the people behind the decks. “We had some friends who were already DJing,” Daniela said. “So that was kind of like our path into being like, okay, this is something we could do too.”
What started as curiosity became commitment in 2019, when both began learning to DJ around the same time. Then COVID hit. They returned home to San Antonio, found themselves living close to each other again, and they put in the hours to really hone in their musical skills. They mixed in their parents’ living rooms, played for friends, and treated the isolation of the pandemic like a practice ground. “There was nothing else to do,” both Miranda and Daniela explained. “We would just mix in our parents’ living rooms and have fun.”
Toward the end of that stretch, a friend asked them to play a show together. That set would ultimately define their joint project. Sonrizas was officially a power duo.
Since then, the growth has been steady, not overnight. That is part of what makes their rise feel so grounded. Their momentum picked up significantly over the last year, especially after releasing “LOKITA,” a track that helped them gain wider recognition and led more people to take them seriously as artists, not just selectors. “When we had a song that did really well, people started respecting us even more,” Daniela said, “more as artists.”
That same momentum continues with their latest release — a Latin house edit of Out of My Mind by JOSHWA, which dropped on Thursday, April 9. The edit reflects their evolving sound, familiar enough to pull listeners in but reworked in a way that feels entirely their own.
What makes Sonrizas stand out is not only the music, but what they represent. In a space where female Latin house representation is still far too limited, especially in the United States, Daniela and Miranda are stepping into that gap without forcing it. “There really is not a female Latin house representation,” Miranda said. “We’re slowly stepping into that space.”
Sonrizas feels light, but it is not casual. It is built on years of trust, work, and belief. Daniela and Miranda are still building, still learning, and still pushing. But what’s crystal clear is that they are not here by accident. Their purpose is more obvious than ever.
